Discrimination against community college transfer students — Evidence from a labor market audit study

Zhengren Zhu

Economics of Education Review, 2023, vol. 97, issue C

Abstract: Anecdotal evidence suggests widespread discrimination against community college transfer students, despite their prevalence among bachelor’s degree holders in the US. I send out fictitious job applications and conduct a labor market audit study to examine such discrimination. All applicants have bachelor’s degrees, and a random subset are transfer students who attended community colleges for their first two years of college. I find that, for accounting jobs, community college experience significantly reduces callback rates and undermines the value of graduating from selective four-year colleges. In comparison, sales and marketing firms do not exhibit signs of discrimination.

Keywords: Community college; Educational economics; Discrimination; Rate of return; School choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I24 I26 J21 J31 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102482

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